Yesterday I was sifting through Google News for poll internals, when I noticed that sites such as Townhall and RushLimbaugh.com were among the links my searches produced. I didn't think much of it, but then I searched for Dailykos, Billmon, Talking Points Memo, Eschaton and (yes) MyDD. None of the large leftist blogs produced links, except for when they were discussed in other news sources.

Why are highly partisan sites that do not collect any news and only produce opinion linked by Google News but blogs are not? In fact, especially come convention time, many blogs will actually be producing on the ground, first-hand reporting, rather than just commentary on primary source news. It would seem to me that we are just as worthy of Google News as the two conservative sites I mentioned in he first paragraph. Hell, considering that we exist only on the internet, occasionally receive press credentials, sometimes produce primary source news and usually demonstrate superior poll analysis than other news sites, we are probably more deserving. As such, I think we at least should be included in Google News searches.

If you agree with me, email Google News and list some prominent blogs you feel should be part of Google's news searches. Their feedback email is news-feedback@google.com, and can be found at the bottom of this page.